Distant Solar Systems Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Dis[C]tan[Csus2]t solar[C][G][D][G]
sys[Em]tems
[C]And all the min[Csus2]or planet[G]s[D][G]
Know nothing of [C]our satellites
[Csus2]an d 747s[C][G][D][G]
Fireworks that re[C]create
The birth [Csus2]of con st[C]ell[Csus2]ations[C][G][D]
Dy[G]ing suns that [C]laugh at
Shotgun [Csus2]powder imit[C] at[G]ions[D]
[G]When [C]I[G]

[Verse 2]
am a sail[C]or, and the sky,
[Csus2]a pitch-black ocean[G]
[D]ocean
[G]I'll look down at my ble[C]eding heart
[Csus2]and wish [C]I were a Vulca[G]n
[D][Em][C][Csus2][G][D]

[Verse 3]
It's Byzantine
[C]structures[Csus2][C][G]
Churches [D]and all
All of our [C]treas[Csus2]ure of oi[C]l a[G]nd gold[D]
All [C]of the empires[Csus2]
[G]crumble in sto[D]ne
Great archi[C]tec[Csus2]ture[C][G]
Gilded in [D]chrome

[Verse 4]
[D]
[G]God and I, we cor[C]respond
[Csus2]With intermit [C]ten[G]t letter[D]s
[G]I send postcards f[C]rom the road
And [Csus2]now and then he an[G]swers[D]
[G]Echoes northern [C]city-states
And And [Csus2]all the mighty
[C]kin[G]gdo[D]ms
[G]Head of sewing [C]needles on an
[Csus2]unending [C]hor[G]izo[D]n

[Verse 5]
I [G]knew there was a [Em]scene
[C]before [Csus2]you
Even thought [C]to [G]sing [D]it
[G]And call yourself a [C]bastard
And I love [G]you like an [D]orphan
[Em][C]

[Verse 6]
[G][D]
'Cause great men of sci
[C]ence[G]
And literature
[D]Don't impre[C]ss me, what
[G]can I off[D]er?
'Cause I am a [C]chisel [G]in
[D]your hand
[C]Screaming at [G]marble
From a microphone [D]stand
[C]Oh, oh, oh, oh[Dsus4][D]
[G][C]